i want to go to ron lacks, grandson of henrietta lacks, and author of "henrietta lacks: the untold storythanks so much for joining us. your grandmother has led to so many medical breakthroughs because of her line, herself line, the hela cells. a student was told it was based on helen lane, and it is the first two letters of both of her names, henrietta lacks when did you learn how that cell line was being used, and talk about the significance of this lawsuit. ron: through my mother. she uncovered it when she was having lunch with a neighbor and she was introduced as barbette lacks. she said -- they said, we are workinwith someone's cells named henrietta lacks, and she said, that is my mother-in-law. that was 1973. amy: talk about growing up as the grandson of henrietta lacks, and what you understood, and how you actually learned about what happened with your grandmother and what caused you to write your book "henrietta lacks: the untold story." ron: when they started doing terviews with my family, that's when more information about what was going on at the time. i was young, i was a teen

was to honour henrietta lacks, but also a reckoning health organization was to honour henrietta lacksur henrietta lacks, but also a reckoning for past injustices. our poor and mother of five, just 31 years old when she died of cervical cancer in 1951. during treatment, some of her cancerous cells were removed without her consent. what was groundbreaking was groundbreaking was that they were the first living human cells ever to survive and multiply outside of the human body. this woman had immortal cells. the cells are still used today. they have been used and researched, leading to the polio vaccine, gene mapping, cancer and ivf treatments. lately, they have helped to make covid vaccines. they have also helped to make hpv vaccine, it prevent cervical cancer, the disease that took henrietta lacks lie. it was only in 1975 that by chance the family found out about her legacy. since then, they have sought guardianship of her sales and recognition for her contribution to medical science. henrietta lacks's cells will go one to be commercialised, distributed worldwide to enable countless adv

henrietta lacks was my grandmother.ho was born on august 1, 1920, in roanoke, virginia to eliza and johnny pleasant. the ceremony at the world health organization but also as a reckoning for past injustices. a poor tobacco farmer and mother of five, she was just 31 years old when she died of cancer in 1951. during treatment, some of her cancerous cells were removed without her consent. what was groundbreaking was they were the first living human tissue ever to survive and multiply outside the human body. this woman had immortal cells. the cells, named hela, are still used today. they've been used in research that led to the polio vaccine, gene mapping, cancer and ivf treatments. most recently, they've helped make covid vaccines. they also helped to create the hpv vaccine, which protects against cervical cancer, the disease which claimed henrietta's life. she died in a segregated ward and was buried in an unmarked grave. it was only in 1975 that, by chance, the family found out about her legacy. since then, they've sough

henrietta lacks was my grandmother. august 1, 1920, in roanoke, virginia, to eliza and johnny pleasant. the ceremony at the world health organization was to honour henrietta lacks, but also as a reckoning for past injustices. a poor tobacco farmer and mother of five, she was just 31 years old when she died of cancer in 1951. during treatment, some of her cancerous cells were removed without her consent. what was groundbreaking was they were the first living human tissue ever to survive and multiply outside the human body. this woman had immortal cells. the cells, named hela, are still used today. they've been used in research that led to the polio vaccine, gene mapping, cancer and ivf treatments. most recently, they've helped make covid vaccines. they also helped to create the hpv vaccine, which protects against cervical cancer, the disease which claimed henrietta's life. she died in a segregated ward and was buried in an unmarked grave. it was only in 1975 that, by chance, the family found out about her legacy. since t

henrietta: that is a good question.'t want to necessarily get involved with who he is undermining. i think he himself has self undermined in a lot of ways for several months now, so i am sure there's a lot of blame to go around. i think the administration has a whole bunch of wheels moving up the same time, with the eu in particular, on things like the global minim tax agreement, aluminum tariffs, and getting all of those agreements to come off at the same level in a conversation where you can't even get a deal on fisheries, and we want to turn everybody's attention to china. i think it is really complicated, so i don't know trying to shoot any messengers on the ministry side is in their best interest, certainly not from within the building. lisa: it feels like whack-a-mole a lot of days because we are talking about the administration , domestic policy and domestic agenda. from transportation secretary pete buttigieg this morning on msnbc, saying that the administration has concerns about truck driver turnover. this com

do right by henrietta and with mr.always been an outspoken advocate for black women to get their recognition because so often they are disrespected and never has that been more abundantly clear than with henrietta larks. >> amen. >> they changed the name to helen larson and helen lanes. >> they tried it. they tried it. and you wonder why black people don't trust the medical establishment and why we have to beg and plead with people to get vaccinated. they don't trust the system. these are the reasons people don't trust it. there is a real reason people don't have trust. ben crump, thank you so much for doing what you do. ron lacks -- >> did you get -- >> sorry? >> show your book. show your book. absolutely. show your book. there we go. "the untold story." there you go. definitely, y'all pick that up. thank you both very much. >>> up next, pack your bags, put on your comfy traveling clothes, cpac is taking its creepy right wing love fest on the road. it's itinerary will raise the eyebrows of those who love democracy. th

who's henrietta lacks? well, back in 1951, she went to johns hopkins in baltimore, where she was diagnosed with cervical cancer. the lawsuit alleges the doctors removed her cells and tissue from a tumor without telling her and without letting her say okay lacks later died that year since then scientists have used those cells in countless medical breakthroughs. but for the lacks family, that doesn't justify what they call the exploitation of her body here's cnbc's meg tirrell. >> reporter: for ron lacks, it's a proud but complicated family legacy. >> it's like our grandmother was a superhero, you know, helping so many. >> reporter: hela cells, named for henrietta's fist and last names, offered a new tool to science. they continue to live and reproduce in the lab the cell line has been used to develop medical breakthroughs like the polio vaccine, advancements against cancer and hiv, and recently to better understand the coronavirus the cells are sold for research purposes by companies including thermo fisher

henrietta: absolutely.n 2011, we were talking about developing ways to cut $1 trillion from federal spending. we were so concerned with the deficit, which is different than the debt ceiling, and we were focused on how to reduce spending and we negotiated four months with republicans and democrats to cut spending that is very different than the dynamic happening in d.c. right now. right now there is no talk about cutting spending in any capacity. it is pure politics, whether you do it alone or a reconciliation or the democrats and president biden trying to get republicans to increase the debt ceiling via a suspension which is just a date, no dollar value. the fact that they are not talking about how to stream it spending or actual government funding metric is very telling that this is purely politics. alix: that is a great point, and really good insight into what is happening in d.c. and the narrative between the parties. with all the debt we are servicing was run up during president trump's administration h

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henrietta.ut her. so i want to change the narrative of my family. >> all right. and take some ownership back. so, ben, even right now, you can purchase mrs. lacks' cells on thermo fisher's website for $2,000. the family is not getting any of that money. i'm curious have they responded to the lawsuit? have you seen any response from them at all? >> they have fought responded as of yet. but i know some pharmaceutical companies have tried to step up to do the right thing. as you well know, tiffany cross, in the aftermath of george floyd being tortured to death, mr. corporations made a pledge, a commitment to social justice. >> right. >> many of those were pharmaceutical companies, well, i will submit henrietta lacks self equally but not greater than george floyd. so if you want to honor your commitment to social justice, then do right by henrietta lacks finally and henrietta. she has given so much to the world. how about the world try to give something to her and her family as she looks down from h

the world health organization has honoured henrietta lacks, an african american woman who died in 1951 cells, taken without her knowledge or consent, have been used in research that's led to countless medical breakthroughs. that includes vaccines that help prevent cervical cancer, the disease that killed her. the head of the who, tedros adhanom ghebreyesus, said the ceremony was not only about honouring henrietta lacks but also a way of �*reckoning with past injustices'. they with past injustices'. commercialise distributed worldwide they commercialise distributed worldwide for researchers and enabling countless advances in medicine, while they were making a global impact, henrietta's family were not informed, it was not until 20 years after her death that we would learn how science retrieved herself and her grandmother's enormous contribution to medicine and humanity. contribution to medicine and stay with us on bbc news, still to come: a scourge to some, but a livelihood for others — how the oil industry's creating a divided country in norway. parts of san francisco least affected by

we look closely, you'll notice that henrietta lags was black. welcome to the world of investigative journalism, also medical racism, a rich but often overlooked history. that's part of our country's greater overall races history. we'll get more into that later. the cells were taken at johns hopkins university, which was segregated at the time, or as a johns hopkins website, put one of the only few hospitals to treat african americans. it seems like johns hopkins university is trying to whitewash it's rate this past, but we'll get more into that later. henrietta lacks died from cervical cancer at age 31, and her family wasn't even notified when she died. in fact, they only learn about her miracle cells by accident 20 years later. now, i know what you're thinking, but how's thermo fisher doing? well, they've earned a billions of dollars in revenue, and they're giving back to the community by creating the just project. partnering with historically black colleges and universities to provide free cove at $900.00 testing and diversifying the thermo fi

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guest: d2 -- the two parts henrietta race, one is just not true.ts were not reluctant to raise the debt ceiling on their own because it would have an impact on the record bill, it wouldn't. the rules allow them to raise the debt ceiling through the same process but through a separate bill that has nothing to do with the big bill they are negotiating. the reason they are pushing to not do it that way is because it is a responsible for republicans to require the democrats to jump through these parliamentary hoops where it is going to take dozens of hours of senate floor time and will require democrats to do it on their own, to do anything republicans admit must be done. that is the reason. i am not lying about that, those are the facts. the point about taxes, we agree taxes should go up on the wealthy. they have come down too far not only in the trump era but before. the wealthy don't pay enough in taxes. many of them pay nothing. democratic leaders have been saying that should go up and that is part of the reconciliation bill raising taxes on the we

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